For NanoWriMo month, I'm going to repost some of my favorite guest author posts, which I'm rereading to inspire myself! This one -- by one of my fave authors, National Book Award winner Julia Glass -- originally ran in September of 2010! I've just moved platforms, and have not … [Read more...]

Cara Black is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of 15 books in the Private Investigator Aimée Leduc series, set in Paris. She's received, among other accolades, a Washington Post Book World Book of the Year citation and the Médaille de la Ville de Paris—the … [Read more...]

Earlier this year, when Cathy Marie Buchanan asked if I'd read her new novel, The Painted Girls, I jumped at the chance. I loved her debut, The Day the Falls Stood Still, and this new one ... Sisters, dance, art, ambition, and intrigue in late 1800s Paris - what was there not to … [Read more...]

I stumbled across a piece on the Andrew Lownie Literary Agency's blog today about what book editors want to see in 2013. The answers run the gammut, including "quirky books," "popular subjects like World War II," and "good books that sell." And that last answer illuminates the … [Read more...]

"Since I wasn’t getting published, I reasoned, and this outcome might be no different, I might as well enjoy the process." That's the approach this week's guest, novelist Kristina Riggle, took to write her "first" novel. At the risk of looking like I've begun a new series, … [Read more...]